La Alhambra is an old Moorish palace that was built during the 14th century. I was so excited to get to visit it because I read all sorts of Spanish literature stories about Granada and the Alhambra last semester. It was eventually conquered by Christians and now is just a tourist sight. It a beautiful place and very unique looking since it was built by the Muslim people.
Water was everywhere. It represented something significant (I can't exactly remember) to the moorish people since water was in short supply.
The view of the palace from the gardens.
My favorite part-- the view of the white hill towns!
The tiles were all awesome and the stucco detail was insane.
There were walls and walls covered in detailed designs of stucco.
Overall Alhambra was awesome. It was huge and beautiful and since we went later in the evening, it was not over crowded with tourists which was really nice.
(sorry my camera didn't have any of the pics with us in them!)
Next stop-- Sevilla
We took a sweet bus ride (abt 3 hours). When we paid for it we wondered why it was a few euros more than the bus ride to Granada cost, then we got on the bus and to our surprise, it was like a first class bus or something.. who knew that even existed, but it was awesome!
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